Cardinals sign Rzepczynski to one-year contract

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Left-hander Marc Rzepczynski and the St. The Cardinals did not release the financial terms of the one-year deal, but it likely falls around the midpoint of the desired salary figures filed by Rzepczynski and the club last month. David Freese now sits as t… (more)he Cardinals' only unsigned arbitration-eligible player following Friday's announcement that the organization has reached an agreement with left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $1.1 million, one-year contract and avoided salary arbitration. The Cardinals were facing the prospect of having to attend two arbitration hearings this month but eliminated one with Friday's agreement. Eligible for arbitration for the first time, he had asked for $1.3 million and been offered $900,000 when figures were exchanged last month.